Method of making greeting cards and pictures



March 10, 1959` w. I ElKA 2,876,575

METHOD oF MAKING GREETING CARDS AND PICTURES Filed oct. 11, 1957 y 2 sheets-shed 1 4 l1 5 REEN L-ue lsmvER INVENTOR. wHLrER I Emn w. L ElKA March 10, 1959 METHOD OF MAKING GREETING CARDS AND PICTURES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed OCT.. ll, 1957 Evil INVENToR. WF! I T E R L E I K Fl .HTTURNEY `ME'IIIQD0F MAKING `GREETING.A CARDS AND PICTURES Walter Laika, Brooklyn, N. Y. Applicationctober 11,1957, Serial No. 689,526 4 Claims. (Cl. 41-26) V'I'hisV invention relates to the `art of picture cards. The invention isparticularly concerned with a method of making a picture card and with the novely articleproaway by die or manually and removed in portions to expose the adhesive coating. The portions Ycutaway maybev shaped to form suitable designs and the exposed adhesive coated areas may be selectively sprayed with colored substances. The colored substances may be flocking, tinsel, salt or metal granulessand, Aorother material.

After'the colored material is'appliedvso that allad- `hesive coated areas are coated 'therebyLthe remaining portionsof the thin paper sheet can beA removed and further colored materials can be applied tothenewly exposed adhesive coated areas. Finallylthe entire, colored fdesign* can bev coated with varnish, jshellac or lacquer to protectthe Ycolored design.

`An important object of the invention is toprovide a Vmethod vvof making apicture cardthat can readily;,be vcarriedfout by anon-skilled person.

AFor further comprehension of the invention,rand of the objectsand advantages thereof, reference willbehad ,to the following description and accompanying drawings, and tothe-appended claims incwhich the various, novel features of the invention Aare more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part off this disclosure:

lFig. 1-;is a perspective view of a laminatedcardgemlployed-in making'a picture card accordingto 'the invention.

Fig. 2` isasectional view taken on' lines"2-2of Fig. 1. Figs-3, A4 and5 are perspectiveviews of thepicture card -atvarious-stages in the process yof, makingit.

-'Fig."6 is a -viewsimilar to Fig; 2 but showing a coating.

ofvarnish on the card.

.'Figil-fisa perspective view of another form Aof laminated card-used inpmakinga picture card.

Fig. S-is-a-perspective view of a picture frame usable in Imaking the picture card.

IFig. -9 Vis a vviewsimilar tol-lig. 3 of another modiiiedl rforrnfof picture -card,'the corner of thereleasesheet being turned up.

lFig..10vis -a view-similar toFig. Y3 showing .another modiication -of the invention, -the release sheet being l shown in disassembled condition.

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-hesivefsubstance 11.. Onlayer..11,there is removably appliedaa thinpaper sheet 12. known as a release sheet. This sheet12 lWholly covers klayer11. .The article `shown in Fig. 1' isthus ka laminated structure producedby the rst step inmaking apicture'. card according tothe invention.

InFig. 3, the release sheet v12 of the laminated structure isshown cut, by die cutting or. by any suitable tool such as a sharp knife orblade forming substantially continuous outlines 14, 1S of'V a design or picture with uncut spaces 14&.and 15a' respectively and an outline 16of;-a rectangular frame or border. yAs an example, the design showncut in Fig. .3 is that of` a tree.

,In Fig. A4, the cut portions 14 and 15 of release sheet 12 are shown stripped ot of sheet 1t) and layer 11 leaving exposedradhesive coatedareas at the border area 16' and picture areas yllqand 15'. Areas 15' are coated by spraying or otherwise A,applying colored ocking, tinsel, sand, metal granules .or otherV powderedV material to the selected areas. The areas 15. are shown lined for green coloration to represent greenleaves of theV tree. The tree trunk area 14' isk as yet uncoated with coloring matter. ,Border area.16 isalso uncoated. Initially the portions ydetinedfby cuts15 are strippedv away to expose .the adhesive. coated areaslS thereat. Next, the areas deiinedby. outline cuts 14 andrl are stripped away and thisnextstage in theprocess is illustrated by Fig. 4.

1 In Vthefollowing stage shown `in Fig. 5, a coloredborder 19Lis. formedby.. applying abrowncolored material to border-area,161and..a coloredtree trunk 26 is formedby applying black powdered materialto area 14'. .-Afterthe areas 14and16. are coated, theremaining portion of releaseA sheet 12ris stripped off andthe'remainingadhesive coatedarea ofsheet 10.is coated with av grey Yor silver background coating 21. -A,picture card is thus completed.

If desired, vthe surface yof thecompleted picture maybe coated -withv a Ntransparent protective layer of varnish, shellac, lacquer orthe like, as :indicatedat 22 in Fig. v6.

In' Fig. 7, :there is shownanother form of the invention in which Vthelaminated card structureY 23 comprises super- Yimposed sheets 10' and12.with the interposed adhesive 'Eigyll is avieW-similar to 'Figf showings'till another" l modification ofthe invention.

,making a picture card according tothe invention.

`Referring'toFigs.'1 and'2 therelisshowna'fiat rec-- "tangular sheet of cardboard or heavy paperj10. ,lThe vsheet10-iscoated-witherpressure sensitive layer of adcoating or layer'11'. "Release sheet 12 is scored with short nincisions 24 yand 25 to provide outlines defining areasV of the picture .design and `the border of the picture. TheA scored linesare arrangedsothat selected .areas of the picture design and border canV be removed in turn and coated v'vith colored granular or other materialaccording toapredetermined pattern or color scheme.

If desired, the border area 16' ofFig. 4 can be covered with apreOrmed colored rectangular paper or plastic strip'frame 26 as shown' inFig. 8. This'frame is shown ,lined fora blue color. Itcan beapplied to the adhesive exposed at borderarea 16' when` theroverlying portions of sheet 12 are" removed.

' In the modified form ofV card shown in Fig. 9, the base sheet 27, and release sheet`28 are assembled and fastened by'jthe adhesive coating`29. "When thus assembled, the outlinesftland 31 of the designs are printedon the re- `lease sheet"2S. Thereafter the outlines on YAthe release sheet are.`jclie cut in a manner .so as not to cut the-v base sheet.

The k.form .of card shoWninFig. l0 'differs Vfrom the signsV arepreprinted.andypredie cut on the releasesheet 28 aridthe-release sheet` is vthen.,assernbled or1;tl1e;base sheet'27 whichis coated,witl1 adhesivej','29. j'lfhsmeithod prevents damage to the adhesive.

The modification shown in'Fig. '11, dierswfrommI-ig.

" 10 in that anadditional'bottom releasesheet `32is.sec.ured

i tothe'base'sheet 27' by adhesivejS-B. In this iformof card, Athebottom release.$heet"32 hasno'printing .thereon and 'serves as a cover sheet-and when stripped'from 'the'base 3 sheet 27, the bottom adhesive coating 33 provides means for pasting the card on a fiat supporting surface.

Referring now to the modiiication shown in Fig. 12, in this form the outlines 34 and 3S ofthe designs are printed on a heavy cardboard paper sheet 36 having a coating 37 of adhesive on its rear surface. A bottom release sheet 38 is pasted to the adhesive coating 37. The outlines are die cut so as to leave uncut sections 39 to prevent the designs from falling off of the sheet 36. The designs are numbered as indicated at 40 to correspond with the numbers of the colors on the colored chart. The release sheet 38 may be readily stripped from the coated paper sheet 36 and the paper sheet 36 pasted on a smooth supporting surface, such as glass. The outlined designs 34 and 35 may then be readily stripped from the sheet 36, and the supporting surface therebehind sprayed or painted in any well known manner with colored ma terial corresponding to the numbers on the designs and color chart.

In Fig. 13, another example of a completed card 45 made in accordance with the invention is shown. This card has a representation of the outline of an owl 46 thereon, seated on the branch 47 of a tree. The various parts of the body of the owl are colored with contrasting colors which parts are numbered to correspond with the numbers of the colors on the paint boxes shown in Fig. 14. For example, the top of the head, sides and tail are colored blue, the breast is colored orange, the face and feet brown, the ears pink and the representatipn of a tie around the neck is colored red. The eyes are white with the pupils of the eyes colored green. The'leaves on the branch of the tree are colored green. 'The background 48 is of silver color and the margin or frame 49 around the card is violet. This view illustrates the potentialities of the invention.

In Fig. 14 there is shown a box 50 constituting a Do- It-Yourself kit holding all the material required for forming the picture card. In the kit there is a laminated rectangular structure 51 scored with lines 24, 25 to outline the areas to be stripped from the sheet 12. A frame 26 is also provided to serve as a preformed colored border. A plurality of jars or boxes 52, each contain- 4 ing substances of other sizes may be of diderent colors, the substances being juxtaposed on the surface.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim aS new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1s:

1. A method of making a picture card, comprising the steps of cutting a sheet of cardboard to rectangular card size and shape to form a base, applying a pressure sensitive adhesive layer to said base, covering the coating with a thin paper sheet, cutting the outline of a design into ing a differently colored granular material is provided for selectively coloring the several picture and border areas. The jars are suitably numbered to identify the colored material therein.

In addition or instead of providing laminated structures with scored lines outlining the design, thepicture may be outlined with continuous cuts in sheet 12 or can be left unscored and uncut as shown in Fig. 1. As a further alternative, a suitable design can be drawn or be preprinted on sheet 12 and this design can then be cut out, or the user can ignore the preprinted design and cut out his own preferred design on sheet 12 as explained for ing material useful for lamp shades and the like. For

example, transparent acetate may be readily formed with the representations of the outlines of various devices including silhouettes and the like, stripped, colored and nished in accordance with the present invention.

Different shades, hues, and tnts of colors may be produced by the use of granular coloring substances having diierent 'sizes of grains. Coloring substances having Igrains of one size may be of al particular colorand colorthe paper cover sheet, removing selected areas of the paper cover sheet to expose selected portions of the coating, applying a colored powdered substance to said ex posed portions of the coating, removing other selected marked areas of the paper cover sheet to expose other areas of said coating, applying a powdered substance of another color to said other exposed areas of coating, removing the remainder of the cover sheet to expose adhesive background areas of the design, and applying a powdered substance ofstill another color to said background areas.

2. A method of making a picture card, comprising the steps of applying a pressure sensitive adhesive coating to a base sheet, applying a paper cover sheet over the base sheet, cutting the outline of a design into the paper cover sheet, removing selected outlined areas of the paper sheet to expose selected portions of said coating, applying a colored powdered substance to said exposed portions of said coating, removing other selected areas of the paper cover sheet to expose other areas of said coating, applying a powdered substance of another color to said other exposed areas, removing the remainder of the cover sheet to expose adhesive background areas of the design, applying a powdered substance of still another color to said background areas, and covering the entire colored design with a transparent protective coating.

3. A method of making a picture card, comprising the steps of applying a thin paper cover sheet over a base sheet having a pressure sensitive adhesive surface, cutting the outline of a design into the paper cover sheet in the form of scored lines, each outline enclosing a particular area of the thin cover sheet, removing in turn selected outlined areas of the thin cover sheet, applying 1n turn colored powdered substances to areas of said surface exposed by removing said selected outlined areas of' the thin cover sheet, removing another portion of the thin cover sheet to define a rectangular adhesive border area, applying a material of another color to the border area to define a frame for the picture card, and applymg a transparent protective material over the frame and colored substances adhering to the base sheet.

4. As an article of manufacture, a picture card comprlsing a base sheet having a coating of adhesive pressure sensitive material on eachsurface thereof, a release sheet pasted to one surface thereof, said release sheet having outlines of designs printed and precut thereon, and an imperforate release sheet pasted to the other surface of the base sheet, said latter release sheet being free of printing and being removable without removing the adhesive whereby the picture card is adapted to be pasted l Vto a at supporting surface.

References Cited ln the tile of thispatent UNITED STATES PATENTS Re. 23,741 Summers Nov. 17, 1953 1,224,363 Crump May l, 1917 1,275,997 Adler Aug. 20, 1918 v1.2.63(755 Herrin -f Mar. 10. 19,53 

